bash: make: command not found

Question

I am in a directory with a Makefile, but can't use I cannot use make

bash-3.2$ make
bash: make: command not found

How do I fix this?

Answer 1

Make, among other things, is available through Apple's Command Line Tools. Install Command Line Tools through XCode by going to XCode->Preferences->Downloads

You can also download Command Line Tools without installing XCode from the Apple Developer site: https://developer.apple.com/opensource/

Answer 2

If you have XCode installed then @Wex's answer will get you going quickly, otherwise you don't have to install Xcode to get the command-line tools you seek.

Check this out: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer

You will want to install this one on Lion: https://github.com/downloads/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer/GCC-10.7-v2.pkg

Good luck!

Answer 3

I had the same problem. I was about to download and install command line tools until I saw in the download window that you can just use:

xcrun make